Corset attachment



May 27, 1924.

C. W. LINSCOTT CORSET ATTACHMENT Filed April 25 |922 Patented May 27, .1924.

HNHK@ STATES maant CHARLES W. LINSCOTT, 0F CORTLAND, NEW YORK.

CORSET ATTACHMENT.

Application filed April 25, 1922.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. LINsoo'rr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cortland, in the county of Cortland and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Corset Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide a novel means whereby a corset which is laced up in the back may be made to lit properly about the body of the wearer.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Figure l; Figure 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

The numeral 1 marks the rear walls of a corset which may be spaced to define an opening 2. Reinforcements 3 are carried by the rear walls 1 and are located on opposite sides of the opening, there being eyelets 4 in the walls 1 and sometimes in the reinforcements 3, the eyelets being adapted to receive a cord 5, whereby the corset may be laced up in the back.

An elastic member 6, which may be a piece of rubber fabric, extends across the opening 2 between the edges of the rear walls 1 and is provided with spaced reinforcements 11. Inelastic extensions for the elastic member 6 may be provided, should it be desired to cut down the oost of the article. the inelastic extensions7 being stitched as indicated at 8 to the ends of the elastic member 6. The/outer ends of the extensions 7 are stitched at 9 to the body portion of the corset to the hips.

Pivot elements 10 are mounted in the rear walls 1 adjacent to the opening 2 and preferably are placed in the reinforcements 3. Pivot elements 12 are mounted in the reinforcements 11 of the elastic member 6. Links 14 are provided, the upper ends of the links being mounted on the pivot elements 10, and the lower ends of the links being mounted on the pivot ele-ments 12.

Serial No. 556,489.

The elastic member 6 will tend to draw the corset together at the rear and shape the same to the body of the wearer. The links 14 swing on the pivot elements 10 as the elastic member 6 expands and contracts. The links 14 serve to prevent the elastic member 6 from shifting upwardly and downwardly. The links may be made of flexible steel or any other suitable material which will be suiliciently stiff to prevent the part 6 from shifting upwardly and downwardly, the links 14 being bendable, and possessing sufficient resiliency to enable them to shape themselves to the body of the wearer.

The parts 6 and 7 constitute a connection, and it is to be observed that the links 14 are housed completely between this connection and the walls of the corset.

I claim 1. A corset comprising walls, means foi` connecting the wallsadjustably to permit the inner edges of the walls to be adjusted transversely of the corset, a connection joined at its outer ends tol the walls and extended across the inner edges of the walls, the connection being elastic, and links pivoted at their upper ends to the walls and pivoted at their lower ends to the connection, the links being freely movable over the outer surface of the walls, relatively to the walls, when the connection expands and contracts.

2. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 1, and furthe-. J characterized by the fact that the walls and the connection are provided with longitudinally extended reinforcements whereunto the links are pivoted, the links being` housed completely between Athe connection and the walls of the corset.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. LINSCCTT.

Witnesses:

A. M. WATERBURY, F. J. POTTER. 

